【句子】You’d think the dreamers would find the dreamers, and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not, the opposite is true. 【ModernFamilyS3E09】
【发音技巧】You’d think不完全爆破;think the不完全爆破;would find不完全爆破;find the不完全爆破;and the不完全爆破;would find不完全爆破;find the不完全爆破;but more不完全爆破;the opposite定冠词重读;opposite is连读+闪音;
【翻译】你会觉得,理想主义者会和理想主义者聚在一起,现实主义者会和现实主义者聚在一起,但是事实往往是,这两种人经常会混在一起。
今天我们学习一个短语,叫做more often than not。
非常凑巧的是,两天之前,我们葫芦语言学员俱乐部刚有学生提问这个短语,今天就一起来学习一下吧!
more often than not 其实可以相当于usually或者much of the time,理解成“经常、常常、大多数情况下;”
eg: Tom is late more often than not—he just never gets caught.
Tom经常迟到,他只是一直没被抓到而已。
eg: These flowers will live through the winter more often than not.
这些花经常可以扛过冬天。
eg: This kind of dog will grow up to be a good watchdog more often than not.
这种品种的狗,通常情况下,会成为很好的看门狗。
eg: More often than not we'll have dinner in the dining room.
我们经常在饭厅吃晚饭。
eg: More often than not, the arguments could have been avoided.
通常来说,那些争端都是可以避免的。
eg: More often than not, I stay home instead of going out.
通常情况下,我会宅在家里,不出门。
【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】
Behind many successful men there is, more often than not, a woman who makes this success possible.
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